Dob tracker

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Has anyone had any experience with this equatorial platform . It seems much cheaper than most. I emailed the guy and he says $US364 delivered to Australia.
Geoff

[erick (Eric)]

Sure is cheap!

[iceman (Mike)]

Is that custom made for your latitude?

[erick (Eric)]

Well spotted Mike:-

" the platform is setup at 42-degrees,and can adjusted for +/-3 degrees for up to 45-degrees or down to 39-degrees latitude.

You can Order Custom Latitudes..."

It would have to be custom made for an Oz latitude, or latitude range (and motor direction reversed for SCP).

[erick (Eric)]

But worth telling the supplier that, if it performs and, at around that price delivered, he could well have a number of sales in Australia for an Australian designed model.

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by iceman

Is that custom made for your latitude?

I presume so. I asked if it worked in the southern hemisphere and he said there was a north-south switch. I didn't enquire about a lot of detail before establishing that he could deliver to Oz and southern hemisphere was possible.
Geoff

[JethroB76 (Jeff)]

Looks very tall, are they all like that?

[qld]

Originally Posted by ghsmith45

I presume so. I asked if it worked in the southern hemisphere and he said there was a north-south switch. I didn't enquire about a lot of detail before establishing that he could deliver to Oz and southern hemisphere was possible.
Geoff

hi geof, did you intend to use this on your 12 at wiruna or are you secretly buying a 16 LB,in fact will it drive a 16 LB your 16LB neighbour qld

[rmcpb (Rob)]

Bet ya 3 degrees will be a custom build at a different price

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by qld

hi geof, did you intend to use this on your 12 at wiruna or are you secretly buying a 16 LB,in fact will it drive a 16 LB your 16LB neighbour qld

It did cross my mind to use it on my 12" Dob and no, I'm not buying a 16" LB until someone brings out a 20" commercial Dob, in which case the price of a 16" will drop dramatically.

[qld]

Originally Posted by ghsmith45

It did cross my mind to use it on my 12" Dob and no, I'm not buying a 16" LB until someone brings out a 20" commercial Dob, in which case the price of a 16" will drop dramatically.

hi geof are you going to buy the tracker because if you do ,let me know if we can get a deal for two(george might be in it as well ) as i understand it saves on freight and maybe price. regards AC

[PCH (Paul)]

Originally Posted by rmcpb

Bet ya 3 degrees will be a custom build at a different price

The guy, Peter, from this mob claims there is no extra cost to custom build. I gave him 31 degrees (south is via a north/south switch) as an example for Perth.


Cheers,